An overview of the earth crust under China

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 143-166

  Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Yang, Liqiang ^b   Teng, Jiwen ^a   Badal, José ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

China; Crustal rheology property; Isostasy; Mirror image symmetry; Moho depth; Oil gas reservoirs

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOSTASY; MOHO; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 78650523108     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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